Engineering overseas

Working and living overseas on a long-term assignment can be a rewarding experience - personally, professionally and financially. However, the uninitiated must realize that such an assignment can be vastly different from visiting the same location as a tourist or as short-term staff. Depending upon the preparedness of both the individual and the company, coping with this differences can be difficult and extremely frustrating at times. Although this is difficult to answer in advance which an employer might ask a candidate seeking an overseas assignment, an employee can consider the questions, presented in this article.